Wirral MP may quit in mail row

May 7 2009 by Rob Merrick, Liverpool Daily Post

Some Labour MPs fear David Cameron would back Mr Brown at a second reading, only to withdraw support later – forcing Labour into an unwanted early election.

Mr Hesford – PPS to solicitor general Vera Baird – said: “The Government is now aware that there are matters to be debated and, hopefully, we can have that debate. If – and this is a big if – things stay precisely as they are, and there is no movement and no listening, I would be minded to vote against.”

Asked if that would mean resigning his position, Mr Hesford replied: “That would be for others to say, but if that was the consequence, that would be the consequence.”

Other MPs opposing the sell-off are: Joe Benton (Bootle), Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby), Louise Ellman (Riverside), Frank Field (Birkenhead), Peter Kilfoyle (Walton), Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston), Eddie O'Hara (Knowsley South) and Bob Wareing (Liverpool West Derby).

Ministers insist a private firm is needed to rescue Royal Mail after years of under-investment.